10/26/2025
He refuses to post about your family, won’t tag you in posts, and won’t even greet you on special occasions because he’s protecting someone else’s feelings. He makes excuses, claiming that you’re already separated and that he’s just supporting the kids. Worst of all, he denies your existence...Then, you suddenly find out that while he’s ignoring you, he’s happily chatting with someone else on another account, video calling her with a smile. Even if you’re in a life-and-death situation, he remains indifferent. Maybe he would even be happier if you were gone, so there would be no more obstacles in his way.
If you’re in that situation, I’ll be honest with you.
It’s very hard. No matter how much you try to understand, adjust, or hold on, the pain just keeps getting worse. You wake up every day questioning your worth, wondering what you did wrong to deserve this kind of treatment. You try to convince yourself that things will get better, that maybe one day he’ll realize your value, but deep down, you know the truth, he has already chosen someone else, and you were never really a priority.
You cry yourself to sleep, hoping that tomorrow will hurt a little less, but the reality is, the wounds just get deeper. You try to reach out, to make him see your pain, but he remains cold, distant, and unmoved. Every ignored message, every unanswered call, every lie you uncover shatters you into pieces until there’s barely anything left of you.
And what’s worse? He makes you feel like you’re the problem, like you’re the one overreacting, like your pain is invalid. He acts as if your suffering doesn’t matter, as if your existence is just an inconvenience to him.
But listen...this is not love. This is not what you deserve. You were never meant to beg for attention, for respect, for basic decency. You are worth so much more than this pain, and no matter how broken you feel right now, one day, you will heal. One day, you will look back and realize that walking away was the best thing you ever did for yourself.
So if you’re in this situation, please, choose yourself. Even if it hurts, even if it feels like you’re losing everything; choose yourself. Because one day, you’ll find someone who will never make you feel like you’re hard to love.
•Diary of a Soldier's Wife